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23 labs, 262 experiments

Physics, chemistry, biology, earth and space, design and the arts, from the first school years to the last, mapped to 6 curricula. Every lab also works as a free-play sandbox.

Start here: lab skills and tools

Lab skills

Spot the hazards, follow the rules, keep honest records and clean up: what goes in which bin, and why.

Tools & equipment

Name the equipment, read scales, calipers, micrometers and meters, use a balance, light a Bunsen burner and use a calculator.

Mechanics

Bodies, ramps, pendulums and springs with live graphs.

18 experiments

Waves & optics

Light rays, lenses, sound, interference and standing waves.

12 experiments

Heat & gases

Heating, insulation, changes of state and gas laws.

10 experiments

Electronics

Breadboard circuits with a real circuit solver.

11 experiments

Solutions bench

Acids, bases, indicators, titration and precipitates.

13 experiments

Reactions lab

Rates, energy changes, conservation of mass, redox, electrochemistry and equilibrium.

16 experiments

Separation & analysis

Chromatography, distillation, recrystallisation and colorimetry.

10 experiments

Cells & life processes

Microscope, osmosis, enzymes, photosynthesis, respiration.

24 experiments

Ecosystem

Grass, rabbits and foxes: populations and natural selection.

17 experiments

Robotics

Program a robot with sensors to navigate and follow lines.

5 experiments

Fields & nuclear

Gravity, electric and magnetic fields, induction, radioactivity.

11 experiments

Genetics & evolution

Crosses, Hardy–Weinberg, karyotypes, keys and cladograms.

11 experiments

Molecular models

3D molecules, VSEPR shapes and isomers.

3 experiments

Design & technology

Wind tunnel, materials testing machine and bridge load tests.

32 experiments

Sound & music

Morin khuur strings and limbe pipes, harmonics and khöömei, scales and rhythm, room acoustics.

15 experiments

Light & colour

Mixing light and paint, lighting design, camera exposure and stage lighting.

12 experiments

Pressure & fluids

Pressure of solids, liquids and air: snowshoes and camels, manometers and hydraulic lifts, barometers at altitude, Bernoulli and the Venturi tube.

5 experiments

Environment lab

Water quality, acid rain, soil testing, ocean acidification, rocks and weathering.

5 experiments

Human body

Bones and muscles, digestion, pulse and exercise, heart and lungs, nerves and reaction time, homeostasis.

7 experiments

Atoms & the periodic table

Build atoms, ions and isotopes, periodic trends, ionisation energies, and alpha, beta, gamma and X-rays through matter.

5 experiments

Lab skills

Safety, rules, honest records and clean-up: the habits every real lab needs.

5 experiments

Tools & equipment

Name lab equipment, read scales, calipers and meters, weigh, light a burner and use a calculator.

7 experiments

Earth & sky

Day and night, shadows and seasons, the Moon’s phases, eclipses and tides, the night sky, weather and the water cycle.

8 experiments

Your curriculum, in its own words

Choose the curriculum your school or centre follows. Its stages, topics and codes lead the way, and each points to the experiments that teach it. Pupils keep their progress if the curriculum changes.

International Baccalaureate

Every one of the 262 experiments

  • Primary Years Programme (PYP)
  • Middle Years Programme (MYP)
  • Diploma Programme (DP)

Cambridge International

237 of 237 practical topics

  • Cambridge Primary (Stages 1–6)
  • Cambridge Lower Secondary (Stages 7–9)
  • Cambridge IGCSE
  • Cambridge International AS & A Level

Advanced Placement (College Board)

140 of 141 practical topics

  • AP Physics 1: Algebra-Based
  • AP Physics 2: Algebra-Based
  • AP Physics C: Mechanics
  • AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
  • AP Chemistry
  • AP Biology
  • AP Environmental Science
  • AP Music Theory

Australian Curriculum

169 of 172 practical topics

  • Foundation – Year 2
  • Years 3–6
  • Years 7–10
  • Senior Years 11–12

Singapore (MOE / SEAB)

162 of 162 practical topics

  • Primary (P3–P6)
  • Lower Secondary (Sec 1–2)
  • O-Level / SEC (Sec 3–4)
  • A-Level H2 (JC 1–2)

Mongolian national curriculum

182 of 182 practical topics

  • Primary (grades 1–5)
  • Lower secondary (grades 6–9)
  • Upper secondary (grades 10–12)

Mongolian national curriculum topics use the terms of the national textbooks. Silika for the Singapore syllabus

Inside every experiment

Five stepsLearn, Explore, Investigate, Check and Lab-ready, the same in every lab.
A real write-upResearch question, variables, method, data, analysis and evaluation, with your lab data in a table and graph.
Exam-style practice247 practical and data questions with mark schemes and worked answers, for IGCSE, O Level, A Level, AP and IB.
A calculator built inScientific and graphing calculator with tables, statistics and a solver.
Works offlineLabs keep working without a connection and save when you are back online.
MultilingualEvery lab, lesson and quiz in English and Mongolian today, switched with one tap, and built for more languages.
AI tutor Coming soonA tutor in every experiment that asks the next good question rather than giving the answer.
Narrated demos141 demos where the lab sets itself up while a voice explains; pause and take over.
Grains and badgesGrains for every step learned, levels from grain to chip, and a bronze, silver and gold ladder in each lab.